What happens
Small-time racketeer Rick threatens his rival Benny in a letter, promising to shoot him unless he backs down. Rick and his henchman Swifty plan revenge over Christmas, planning to send Benny a booby-trapped gift from the Halgrim's store. Ermine coats, a timed bomb and a mix-up over identical boxes drive the scheme forward. This is the Suspense episode A Present for Benny, first broadcast on December 13, 1955, starring Jack Lemmon.
A city during the Christmas shopping season, including Rick's apartment and the Halgrim's department store
Characters: Rick, Benny, Swifty, Artie, Ody, Milly, Mr. Minchi
Listen for: The mix-up between the two identical gift boxes, and the timer set on the bomb
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.